Residential and mixed use development: Mill Rise Village
Brief
To deliver a state-of-art mixed use health and extra care facility from which community services are also provided. An innovative primary care centre combined with an extra care housing facility for the over 55s. Part of a wider master-plan for the area, designed to help kick-start local regeneration.
Clients: NHS North Staffordshire and Aspire Housing
Project partners: Prima 200 LIFT, NHS North Staffordshire, Aspire Housing, Prime plc, Homes & Communities Agency (HCA formerly ‘English Partnerships & Housing Corporation), Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Staffordshire County Council and RENEW North Staffordshire.
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire
Timescales:
Brief: July 2005
Financial Close: November 2007
Completed: June 2009
Challenges
Co-ordinating 8-strong partnership to deliver the project and achieve natural integration of the two core elements: the primary care centre and the extra care complex of sixty apartments.
Accommodate the changing levels of a site sitting on top of a hill.
Solution
Successful, close partnership working to deliver a combined health and the social care project on one site, without compromising the functional performance of a health facility or the homely environment of residential accommodation.
A sustained programme of community engagement and consultation throughout the design and development process, which included the development of the scheme’s own website.
The exterior of the building is carefully landscaped, making the whole site accessible to wheelchair users. It features retail facilities including a café and a pharmacy, plus resident gardens with greenhouses and raised beds.
The interior of the building clearly defines the different functions but also unifies the site as one.
Services
Service Planning. Communications & Community Engagement. Development. Integrated Design. Financial & legal. Construction Management. Facilities & Asset Management.
Awards
- LIFT Exemplar Project, Prima 200 with Mill Rise, CHP LIFT Awards 2010
- Housing for an Ageing Population, Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) Awards 2010
- Outstanding Achievement in Central England and Wales, Aspire Housing (with Mill Rise),
Affordable Home Ownership Awards 2010 - Elderly Accommodation Council’s ‘Housing for Older People Award’ 2010
- The UK’s Most Outstanding Extra Care Scheme 2009 Award, UK Over 50s Housing Weekly News
